Fresh Insights Into Variable Mortality From Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Across Regions of Finland
Carlos S. Kase,
Craig S. Anderson
Abstract:Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), mainly from ruptured cerebral aneurysm, has a relatively low frequency (5%–9.7%),1,2 but its 30-day case fatality is the highest amongst stroke subtypes (41%–46%, for combined in-hospital deaths and out-of-hospital sudden deaths3). Although the overall crude incidence worldwide is approximately 8 per 100,000 person-years,1 such rates range from 5 to 28 across countries, although much of this variability is due to differences in the methods of case ascertainment and in defining st… Show more
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